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J. S. ROGERS. 'PROCESS 0F AND APPARATUS POR GENERATING ELEGTRIGITY.

Patented Dec. 6,'1892.

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secties esenti @Wiese J; S., ROGERS, @E NIE-*13V YORK, N.

eeeeeee @F me 'eeeeeetes ses e sPE'cIFIceToN forming part of :Lettere Petent No, 487,641.4, detect December e, ieee.

Application fuga April 14,1892,

To @ZZ-wen?, it may conceive:

Be it known that i, J. S ROG-ERS, a citizen ci" the 'United States, residing' at New York, iu the county eudrStat-e ci' New ork`,'heve in'veute' new and useful improvements in Piccesses et and Apparatus for 'Geuereting Electricity, of which the following is e speciicetion.

The object of my invention is to generate continuous erv practice-ily continuous con rent of electricity by thetuuinteiiuptefi pro-- cess ci deoxidizing and recxitiizing electroiyte composed of the cxides, seits, cis-ccm poulies of suite-ticle elemeuts-sucb, for insieucecs the monoxide of leed-which when subjecte to e high temperature will be de- ,by the lise c; x, Fig. 2.

cytidize. by the acticu of c, combustible ges,

Asuch es hydrogen, stud thenV recXitl-ized it es;n

iep View. 3 is e,- perspectiye View of one et' tbe-electiciies. n

in the diewiugs, the letter A designates e p suitable furnace, enti B is e cell cf lirou into which is the electrolyte C.

D enti E e, series of electrodes which iest upon. iiieciey suppcits' F F, so as to pren Vent e nieteiiic ceetect between tile electrofi es enti the ceii. The electrcdes D are connected by stencil pipes D with e mein supply-pipe 1W, etici 'the electrodes E ere connected by biaech pipes E' with e, main supply-pipe E2. 'iiie mais supplypipes D2 E? also act es the pel-cs et' the battery, being electrically coenected to the elect-redes D E, respectively, by ibebieecli pipes B E. The electrodes must matie el e goed conductor of eiectricityg such as ircn or coppei', endtliey may be merle iii any suitabie shape-such, for instance, as tiiet shown in Fig. S-thet is to say, in 'the siiepe et e hollow iectanguler Vessel provided in its sides with large number of smell per-A icfetions. v 4

The electrolyte, which is introduced into the celi B, must lieve the following propertii-is:` When exposed te e high temperature, it must pipe D into the electrodes serie. No. 429,185. et@ mede.;

be reduced to e lliqui siete. lli/'heu it is brought in contact with e combustible gas while being in e iiquifi state, it must be capable of being decxidizecl, end when the deoxidized substance iu its liquid state is brought in contact with air ci Oxygen it must be' capable of being; reoxidized. These preperties are found in various fusible oxidessuch, for instance, es inouoiitie et: leed-au will now proceed to explain the action ci my battery when the cell is charged with monoxide of lead. ly the beet cf the fue nace A the monoxide fuses and. thee e ccmbustible decxidiziug ges-such es hydrogen ci' oxidizing-ges issues :from the petitie-ations iu the, sides of the E ind comes ic cest-act with the heated electrciyte (P50) letter becomes fle-oxidized the metal (Pb) which reina-ius is cairietl tcwer. title electrodes D, Where it meets the sir c1' oxygen issuing .through the perfor-ations iu the sides of seid electrodes, sc that seid metal 'becomes ieoxitlized, en'd by these means en electric current is produced, es indicated by tlxesigns -isud iu Fig-2. Afteiopereting the bite tei'y i'oi five hours (more or iess) I iinfl that the electrodes and those portions ci the supply-pipes D2 which have been heated to e high temperature in the presence cf air become cxidize to seine extent, sud. in order to remedy this' change from time te time the supply of hydrogen to the pipe Q2 end the supply of oxygen. to the pipe E2, which will involve e correspcnding change in the polarity of seid pipes.

using atmospheric tir on. eee sitle my betteiy and the hyfiiegeuic gases pzoiicced by the action of steam upon. incandescent ecke er cosi cn the other side end moxoxide of leeft as the eiectroyte i ein enebiefl to peoduce electricity et avery t cost; but l. do met Wish to confine mysei te the piecisc sub `|stances just named, since Vei'ious iiiiierent .il -1 As tee ce- ISO What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The process of generating electricity, which consists in exposing a fusible electrolyte capable of being deoxidized and reoxidized while in a state of fusion in the presence of suitable electrodes to a current of a deoxidizing gas injected in one direction and to a current of an oxidizing gas injected in the opposite direction, substantially as de.- scribed.

2. The process of generating electricity, which consists in exposing an electrolyte composed 0f a fusible metallic oxidewhilein astate of fusion in the presence of electrodes made of a meta-l the lnelting-point of which is higher than that of the electrolyte to a current of deoxidizing gas, such as hydrogen or a hydrocarbon gas, injected in one direction and to a current of an oxidizing gas, such as atmospheric air or oxygen, injected in the opposite direction, substantially as described.

An electric battery composed of a cell B, containing a suitable electrolyte, two hollow foraininous electrodes D E, a gas-supply pipe D2, made to connect electrically with the electrode D, a gas-supply pipe E2, made to connect electrically with the' electrode E, and a source of heat, substantially as described.

4. An,electric battery composed of a furnace H, a cell Bcontaining a suitable electrolyte, and two or more electrodes D E and gas-supply pipes D2 E2, one being connected electrically to the electrode or electrodes D and the other to the electrode or electrodes E, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. S. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

WM. C. HAUFF, 'E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

